Racy frosh video concerns Ottawa students

Student leaders are concerned that unsanctioned frosh week events put on by Aficionado Studios will glorify the binge-drinking, drug use and sexuality depicted in an online advertisement produced by the Ottawa-based events planner. (Courtesy of YouTube)

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Aedan Helmer, Ottawa Sun

Jul 30, 2014

, Last Updated: 8:16 AM ET

OTTAWA — Young girls frolic in various states of undresss — and sobriety — while shirtless guys pound back bottle after bottle of liquor.

Scenes of laser-lit dance clubs, nearly-naked girls having a playful pillow fight, guys hosing girls down in a wet T-shirt contest, tabletops strewn with prescription pills and a bong, handfuls of weed and an endless stream of plastic beer cups.

Welcome to Frosh Week in Ottawa.

At least as envisioned by Aficionado Studios, a local event planner that proudly announced "the only frosh for all schools" with a two-minute trailer posted to YouTube. (Warning: video contains graphic content)

"It's excessive in every aspect," Nicole Desnoyers, vice-president of the University of Ottawa Students' Federation, said.